How can a sane candidate do well in a primary when so many incredibly irrational uninformed voters make up the core of his party’s electorate?

While Huntsman is struggling, Rick Perry is doing very well. Perry has taken the lead in Iowa with 22%. His illiterate Texas cowboy shtick appears to be playing well with the type of people who think George W. Bush was such a good President that we need another guy just like him (except to be fair to Bush, Perry makes W look brilliant.)”